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Imaging advances provide better treatment options
By N. Shivapriya
Advances in multidetector CT technology may prove a boon to India's growing population, which has shown a ninefold increase in coronary artery disease (CAD) from the 1960s to the 1990s. Coronary CT angiography is one of the newer imaging techniques that has made an impact on everyday clinical practice, according to Dr Shrinivas B. Desai, who gave the keynote address at Imaging Update - 2004.
September 19, 2004
FDA clears IDC's Xplorer 1600
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital x-ray developer Imaging Dynamics has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for its Xplorer 1600 digital radiography unit.
September 19, 2004
CAD firm Medicsight finds friends in high places
By Brian Casey
If you're a small company just getting started in the cutthroat medical imaging industry, it helps to have influential friends. That could be the motto of U.K. software developer Medicsight, which has lined up an impressive array of clinical partners as it begins to bring its line of computer-aided detection (CAD) products to market.
September 19, 2004
MR planimetry with SSFP bests echo for gauging aortic stenosis
By Tracie L. Thompson
MR planimetry with SSFP is a powerful new diagnostic tool for aortic stenosis patients facing possible valve replacement, according to German researchers, who compared the method with other noninvasive techniques.
September 19, 2004
iCRco, Orthocrat partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography firm iCRco has signed an agreement with preoperative planning software developer Orthocrat.
September 16, 2004
CMS to cover PET for Alzheimer's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a major win for PET advocates, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded Medicare coverage of PET to include some Medicare beneficiaries with suspected Alzheimer's disease.
September 16, 2004
Abbott starts ZoMaxx stent trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular Devices (AVD), a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, has enrolled the first patient in its ZoMaxx I drug-eluting coronary stent clinical trial.
September 16, 2004
GE installs 9.4 tesla MRI unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare of Waukesha, WI, has installed a 9.4-tesla MRI scanner at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The system will be unveiled on September 21.
September 16, 2004
Siemens introduces IC3D
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has unveiled a new interventional cardiac 3D (IC3D) technology to create three-dimensional images of the coronary vessels in the heart.
September 15, 2004
Scan centers take heart in 'Clinton syndrome'
By Eric Barnes
CT screening centers in the U.S. have launched new advertising campaigns to capitalize on former President Bill Clinton's recent heart surgery. They're convinced he could have avoided the quadruple bypass in the first place had he undergone a coronary calcium scan instead of stress tests.
September 15, 2004
Modalities compete for slice of the heart
By N. Shivapriya
The heart has been a continuing imaging challenge over the years. Several modalities compete for its attention but none have yet successfully mastered it. This was once again reaffirmed at the recent Imaging Update - 2004.
September 14, 2004
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Radiology Insider
By Tracie L. Thompson
September 14, 2004
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